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As of January 18, 2025, the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire remain active, both being the largest of the 31. [ 3 ] The fires have been exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a build-up of vegetation the previous winter , and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds , which in some places have reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...
Severe drought adds to fire worries. A "severe drought" designation was expanded to include all of Southern California because of a dry start to the water year that began Oct. 1, according to the ...
Since the California water supply is attained from numerous sources, fulfilled by varied and intricate weather patterns, there is no one cause of drought. California is not only the most populous state and largest agricultural producer in the United States, it is also the most biodiverse; [2] as such, drought in California can have a far ...
Since its discovery on Jan 7th, the fire has caused 16 civilian fatalities, destroyed 4,627 structures, damaged 486 and threatens almost 29,000, according to Cal Fire.
According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.
An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Palisades Fire — the largest wildfire in the region — has burned more than ...
As of March 22, 2022, the National Drought Mitigation Center's U.S. Drought Monitor saw the entire state in moderate to extreme drought conditions. [23] In February, their Drought Severity and Coverage (DSCI) index, which measures cumulative dryness, was at 275, or nearly twice the 20-year average of approximately 146, according to the San ...